Farther than we are now? You can communicate instantly with anyone in the world who has Internet access —- with a computer you’re carrying in your pocket. That’s pretty far along if you ask me. Microprocessors are in everything electronic – cars, appliances, medical equipment, satellites, phones, kids’ toys, et al. You can use GPS – satellites! – to guide yourself to a pizza shop down the street or to drive to a pizza shop from point A to Seattle —- with that same computer in your pocket. Yes, we’re not colonizing the moon or Mars yet but look at how far we’ve come in making the world smaller.